University Council Member profiles

Mr Kim Bridge

Member appointed by the Governor

Mr Kim Bridge is a consultant specialising in business development, leadership, personal development, and Indigenous cross cultural awareness. Mr Bridge has over 20 years’ experience working with Indigenous Australians, both at an individual and community level. He was born and raised in the East Kimberley and has lived and worked extensively in regional areas of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland. Mr Bridge holds a Bachelor of Business from the WA College of Advanced Education.

Dr Andrew Crane

Member appointed by the Governor

Term of Office: 1 April 2015 – 31 March 2018

Dr Andrew Crane is the Chief Executive Officer of the CBH Group. He is an experienced executive leader of strategy, operations, business development, marketing and risk management of business-to-business enterprises of an international scope.

Dr Crane has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Hertfordshire and a PhD in Agriculture from the University of Portsmouth. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

Mr Alex Jones

Member appointed by the Governor

Term of Office: 1 April 2015 – 31 March 2018

Mr Alex Jones is the Chief Information Officer at the Victorian Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources. He has over 20 years’ experience in regional and global corporate IT leadership roles. He was previously the CIO at Synergy and has worked with the Fosters Group and Disney.

Mr Jones has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Melbourne and Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), jointly awarded by the University of Sydney and University of New South Wales.

Mr Michael Lishman

Member appointed by the Governor

Mr Michael Lishman is the Managing Director at Gresham Advisory Partners Limited. Before joining Gresham, Mr Lishman had a long career as a partner and an M&A lawyer at King Wood Mallesons; Cochrane Lishman; and Clifford Chance. He has acted on many of Western Australia’s largest M&A transactions in recent years, including in oil and gas, mining, financial services and transport sectors.

Mr Lishman has a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Law from the University of Western Australia, and a Master of Law from the University of Melbourne. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

Dr Michael Stanford CitWA

Member appointed by the Governor

Dr Michael Stanford, a WA Citizen of the Year recipient, is the Chief Executive Officer of St John of God Health Care, an integrated health care provider that operates in Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales, and New Zealand. He has extensive experience in healthcare management in Australia over a period of more than 20 years.

Dr Stanford has a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of NSW; Master of Business Administration from Macquarie University; and Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Catholic Culture from the Australian Catholic University.

Professor Deborah Terry AO

Vice-Chancellor

Terms of Office:

Ex officio

Professor Deborah Terry was appointed Curtin’s Vice-Chancellor in February 2014 and is currently a board member of Universities Australia and Australia’s Academic and Research Network. She is also the former president of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and previous Chair of the Australian Council of Learned Academies and the Australian Research Council’s College of Experts in the Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences.

Professor Terry completed her PhD in social psychology at the Australian National University. Prior to working at Curtin, she had a distinguished career at the University of Queensland, initially working as an internationally recognised scholar in psychology, before progressing through a number of senior leadership roles, including Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor.

In June 2015, Professor Terry was made an Officer in the General Division (AO) for distinguished service to education in the tertiary sector.

Professional Year, 1983 Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)

Masters of Accounting – Coursework/Research, 1992 University of Western Australia

Doctor of Philosophy, 2006 University of Western Australia

Fellow of Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA), 1998

Mr Andrew McLean

Member elected by Full-Time Salaried (General) Staff

Terms of Office:

18 June 2016 – 17 June 2019

Andrew McLean, is currently the School Business Manager within the School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts within the Faculty of Humanities at Curtin University. He is also a member of Curtin University Council having been elected by the full-time professional/general staff for a three year term commencing on June 2016.

Andrew commenced at Curtin University in 1993 and has since held various positions at the university in student administration, project management (Prince 2 Practitioner), strategic planning, research administration, learning and teaching, governance and area management. He is committed to excellence in tertiary education management as an Associate Fellow of the Australasian Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM).

He is both a passionate education activist and disability advocate for his son and others with a disability. Together with his family he has successfully advocated for policy change and has on occasion met with Prime Ministers, Premiers, Ministers and Senior Public Sector Managers.

Andrew was previously Chair of the IPS School Boards at both Canning Vale Education Support Centre and Canning Vale Primary School. He is currently a member of the Canning Vale College IPS School Board.

He holds both a Bachelor of Arts with Honours (History and Politics) and a Graduate Certificate in Public Administration from Curtin University.

Mr Colin Beckett

Member Co-opted by the Council

1 January 2016 – 31 December 2018
1 April 2013 – 31 December 2015Previously: Member appointed by the Governor 19 October 2010 – 31 March 2013 (resigned)

Mr Colin Beckett holds non-executive roles as Chairman of Western Power, Chairman of Perth Airport Pty Ltd and is a director of Beach Energy and of the WA science centre, Scitech. Mr Beckett previously held senior executive positions at Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, notably, as the General Manager responsible for the development of the Gorgon LNG and domestic gas project. Prior to this, Mr Beckett was employed at Mobil in Australia and at BP in Australia and the UK.

He was a past Chairman and board member of the Australian Petroleum Producers and Explorers Association (APPEA), past Chairman of the CSIRO Energy and Transportation Sector Advisory Board, a past member of the WA Technology and Industry Advisory Council and a past member of the UWA Oceans Institute.

Mr Beckett has a Master of Arts in Engineering from Cambridge University. He is a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Engineers and a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Steve Scudamore

Member Co-opted by the Council

Mr Steve Scudamore has held a number of senior positions, including Chairman of the WA office of KPMG for eight-and-a-half years and a senior partner with KPMG for 20 years specialising in the Energy and Natural Resources sector and Corporate Finance Services.

He serves as a non-executive director on the Boards of Altona Mining, MDA National and Australian British Chamber of Commerce; and is Chairman of MDA Insurance and the not-for-profit organisation Amana Living (formerly the Anglican Homes group). He is also trustee of the Western Australian Museum.

Mr Scudamore holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Master of Arts from Oxford University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and England and Wales, Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia and Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Gene Tilbrook

Member Co-opted by the Council

Mr Gene Tilbrook is a non-executive director of Orica Limited, GPT Group Limited, Woodside Petroleum Limited and Bell Shakespeare Company. He is also a member of the Council of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Western Australia Division.

He was with Wesfarmers from 1985 to 2009, in various roles across acquisitions, capital investment, finance and strategy. He became executive director of business development in 2002 and finance director in 2005.

Mr Tilbrook has a Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Australia. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

Ms Sue Wilson

Member Co-opted by the Council

4 March 2017 – 3 March 2020(Previously: Member nominated by the Minister)
3 May 2016 – 3 March 2017
3 May 2013 – 2 May 2016

Ms Wilson is an experienced Board director as a former non-executive director of Western Power and a previous executive director of Bankwest. She has particular expertise in strategy, problem solving, stakeholder management including dealing with regulators and government, commercially focused legal input and governance.

She was previously a senior executive at Bankwest and HBOS Australia. Most recently, she was employed as the Head of Company Secretariat at South32.

Ms Wilson has a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Law from the University of Western Australia. Ms Wilson also completed a Company Directors Course Diploma with the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Dr Vanessa Guthrie

Member Co-opted by the Council

Terms of Office:

1 April 2017 – 31 March 2020

Dr Guthrie is highly accomplished executive and Non-Executive Director with broad and strategic experience across a portfolio of Board positions. Previously Managing Director and CEO of Toro Energy Limited, an ASX listed exploration and project development company based in Perth WA. Substantial experience in the mining industry in diverse roles including operations, environment, community, indigenous affairs and corporate development and sustainability.

Chair of the Minerals Council of Australia and Deputy Chair of the Western Australian Cricket Association. Active Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Chief Executive Women, and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE).

Qualifications in geology, environment, law and business management, including a Doctor of Philosophy in Geology.

Associate Professor Linley Lord

Chairperson of the Academic Board

Associate Professor Lord has considerable experience as a change agent through appointments such as Project Officer for Equal Employment Opportunity in Local Government (WA); the first Equal Opportunity Co-ordinator for the West Australian Fire Brigades Board (now FESA); Equal Opportunity Manager for the Reserve Bank of Australia and Equity and Diversity Manager and Director of the Women in Leadership Project at Edith Cowan University.

Associate Professor Lord has over 15 years technical experience gained in research and teaching laboratories in areas including soil research, cancer research, physiology and anatomy teaching.